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CVE-2012-5951

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5951 describes an unspecified vulnerability in IBM Tivoli NetView versions 1.4, 5.1 through 5.4, and 6.1 on z/OS. This flaw allows local users to escalate privileges by exploiting access to the normal Unix System Services (USS) security level. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is rated high severity, indicating a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_netview:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_netview:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_netview:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_netview:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_netview:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/80643
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id